Ivasyuk, Balalaika and 100 Years of Ukrainian Radio (UnZip, Episode #17)

A selection of songs for the seventeenth episode of the UnZip podcast on Ivasyuk, Balalaika, and 100 Years of Ukrainian Radio.

What has Ukrainian Radio done over the past 100 years - preserved Ukrainian identity or distorted it? A conversation with the “main voice of the country” - Dmytro Khorkin.

Listen to the podcast here: here

The playlist includes the following songs:

1. Backgrounds of the morning program of the UR, performed by Taras Petrynenko (keyboards) and the band “Hrono”. 1988
2. Viktor Zhenchenko's “Snow on green leaves”. Authors: Oleksandr Bilash, Mykhailo Tkach. 1971
3. Borys Chehodaev (balalaika) “The Lady”. 1956
4. Victor Titkin “Meet me”. Authors: Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Rostyslav Bratun. 1979
5. VIA Mriya “We are girls from Kyiv”. Authors: Oleksandr Levytskyi, Andriy Pashko. 1967
6. The group “Aeneas” “Together”. Authors: Vitalii Mishchuk, Oleksandr Smyk. 1992
7. VIA “Vodohrai” “Sweet girl”. Music and lyrics by folk singers, arrangement by VIA “Vodohrai”. 1983


UNZIP is a podcast immersion in the archives of Ukrainian music. You will hear how the host Albert Tsukrenko together with the guests of the UnZip podcast are looking for answers to the questions of our musical identity. And most importantly, they will surprise you with songs found in the archives of Ukrainian Radio.